Legal Opinion

SIRANOVICH v. Butkovich

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 20, 1950No. Appeal, 126PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Chidsey,

The Croatian Fraternal Union of America, appellant, a fraternal benefit society incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, with principal offices at Pittsburgh, appeals from the order of the court below dropping it as a defendant in a quo warranto proceeding. The court below made absolute a rule to show cause, inter alia, why the corporation should not be dropped as a defendant, holding that it “is not involved to the point that it needs to be a party in the litigation . . .”.

The present action is one phase of litigation involving the right…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Kelly v. International Clay Products Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
  2. Vallish v. RapoportSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1950
  3. Morris & Cumings v. State ex rel. GuessettTexas Supreme Court · 1885
  4. Siranovich v. ButkovichSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
  5. Commonwealth ex rel. Henderson v. O'DonnelSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1898

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Burke v. North Huntingdon TownshipSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
  2. State Ex Rel. Yelkin v. HandCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1959
  3. Brown v. HughesDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1955
  4. Samuels v. City of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Beaver County1955
  5. City of Philadelphia v. S.C. Johnson & Son and Bimbo Bakeries USADistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2026

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